Ethanol added to fuel causes damage, inefficiency

As a consumer are you aware the Federal Government and the petroleum companies are making you use a fuel mix in your car, boat and lawn equipment which is not fuel efficient or good for you equipment? Do you know what ethanol fuel is? Since mid- summer, the switch was made add ethanol to the fuel mix. It is a 90 percent gas blend with 10 percent ethanol (corn alcohol) fuel. You may have noticed a drop in your MPG in your car. This gas mix doesn't produce the energy regular fuel did, so there is a drop in your MPG, typically 3 to 5 MPG.

If you own a lawn mower, trimmer or blower you may have experienced the problems as well. Ethanol fuel will not store over 90 days due to phase separation (fuel separation). After 90 days this gas mix turns toxic and unuseable. No fuel additive will correct the problem.

Small engine repair shops are reporting the melting of primer bulbs, fuel lines and rubber parts. The nature of ethanol is to absorb water. If you own a watercraft, it is in a wet and humid environment absorbing even more water.

Starting your stored boat, lawn mower, etc., will be difficult if not impossible due to this phase separation. If you did not drain this fuel mix, and oil fog the engine before storage, you will learn what phase separation is all about-expensive!